UEFA Champions League · 2024

Club Brugge KV 1–3 Aston Villa · UEFA Champions League

1–3Historical match

A completed match from a finished season. This page is the record of what happened.

Match at a glance

Aston Villa won 1–3.

Shots
117
Shots on target
34
Expected goals
1.051.27
Possession
56%44%

Full time

What the match recorded

Aston Villa beat Club Brugge KV 3–1. Recorded in this match (Club Brugge KV – Aston Villa): shots 11–7, shots on target 3–4, expected goals 1.05–1.27, possession 56%–44%. This is what was recorded. It is not a claim that the result was foreseeable.

Pre-match record

What the data showed before kick-off. Kept for reference; it did not know the result.

Club Brugge KV's recent record differs from the season

weak

Club Brugge KV's last-five goals scored average is above their season average.

1.4 goals/match ▲Goals forLast 5 · Season1.18 goals/match
Evidence and caveat

Comparison: An unweighted last-five average is compared with the unweighted season average.

Window: last_5 versus season

MetricLast 5SeasonBaseline
Goals for1.4 goals/match1.18 goals/match1.61 goals/match

Caveat: Five matches are sensitive to opponent mix and isolated match states.

This match

Match statistics

  • Shots11 shots7 shotsClub Brugge KV 11 shots, Aston Villa 7 shots
  • Shots on target3 shots4 shotsClub Brugge KV 3 shots, Aston Villa 4 shots
  • Expected goals1.05 xG1.27 xGClub Brugge KV 1.05 xG, Aston Villa 1.27 xG
  • Possession56%44%Club Brugge KV 56%, Aston Villa 44%
  • Corners3 corners1 cornerClub Brugge KV 3 corners, Aston Villa 1 corner
  • Fouls8 fouls10 foulsClub Brugge KV 8 fouls, Aston Villa 10 fouls

History

Head-to-head

Recent meetings between these teams.

Last 5 meetings

1Club Brugge KV
0Draws
0Aston Villa
Club Brugge KV — Aston Villa · UEFA Champions League1–0

Metric comparison

Team comparison

Season averages, with the sample size beside each metric.

Where the edge is

Season: Club Brugge KV favored in 3 of 11 directional metrics · Aston Villa in 7 · 1 too close

led this metric higher value (descriptive) too close

Window

Season

Club Brugge KV11 matchesAston Villa9 matches
1.18 goals/matchGoals scored11/9▲ 1.78 goals/match
1.45 goals/matchGoals allowed11/9▲ 0.78 goals/match
1.05 xG/matchExpected goals11/9▲ 1.52 xG/match
10.8 shots/matchShots11/9▲ 12.9 shots/match
4 shots/matchShots on target11/9▲ 4.89 shots/match
43.5%Possession11/9● 50.4%
3.09 corners/matchCorners11/9● 4.11 corners/match
8.73 fouls/matchFouls11/910.3 fouls/match

Evidence quality

How much supports this analysis

Grade B · Useful evidenceUseful evidence — limited
Season samples11 / 9home / away teams
Recent samples5 / 5last-five windows
FreshnessLess than one dayfrom nearest prior match
  • Evidence is usable but does not meet the strongest completeness threshold.

Known unknowns

  • Lineups, injuries, suspensions and tactical changes are not available in the retained dataset.
  • Some metrics are unavailable or below their observation minimum: cards.
  • The fixture season differs from the competition's configured active season.
Analysis cutoff: Tue, 4 Mar 2025, 21:45 UTC · analysis-v4

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